Table of Contents

PART ONE: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

Section 1: Ethical Theory, Applied Ethics, and Professional Ethics

1. Michael Boylan, “Ethical Reasoning”
2. Michael Boylan, “‘Nature’ as a Background Condition”

Section 2: Humans and Machines: A New Ethical Paradigm?

1. Morgan Luck and Stephen Clarke, “Transformative Technologies, the Status Quo and (Religious) Institutions”
2. Felicia Nimue Ackerman, “Transhumanism: Is this a Step Forward?”
3. Mark Vopat, "A.I. and Human Rights: Present and Future Moral Challenges”

PART TWO: APPLICATIONS

Section 1: The Practical Scope of TechnologyEthics

1. David E. McClean, “Is There a Need for a New, a Technology, Ethic?”
2. Marvin T. Brown, “Technology, Environmentalism, and American Prosperity"

Section 2: The Ownership of Technology and Technology Transfer

1. David Koepsell, “Ownership of Information Technology”
2. Luciano Floridi, “The Fight for Digital Sovereignty”

Section 3: Information Technology and Social Media

1. Dean Cocking and Jeroen van den Hoven, “The Moral Fog of Social Media”
2. Dean Cocking and Brigid Evans, “Becoming Good and Growing up Online”
3. Edward H. Spence, “The Privacy Paradox”

PART THREE: CHALLENGES

Section 1: AI and its Applications

1. Rita Manning,“AI in Health Care: Ethical Issues”
2. Jens Kipper, “The Ethics of Self-vDriving Cars”
3. Sven Nyholm, “Moral Dilemmas of Self-Driving Cars”

Section 2: Cybersecurity

1. Seumas Miller, “AI and Criminal Justice: Individual Autonomy, Joint Rights and Collective Responsibility”
2. Rosalie Waelen and Philip Brey, “Ethical Dimensions of Facial Recognition and Video Analytics in Surveillance”
3. Karsten Weber and Nadine Kleine, “Cybersecurity in Health Care”

Section 3: Technology and War

1. Wanda Teays “The Ethics of Drone Killings and Assassinations”
2. Shannon E. French, “War and Technology: Should Data Decide Who Lives, Who Dies?”

Appendix: Films and Documentaries on Technology Ethics